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... topic " music of the spheres " is treated separately at the end . The two are distinct , the one philosophical and the other " scientific . " The first topic is used to suggest that we respond to music because we " recollect " the ...
... topic " music of the spheres " is treated separately at the end . The two are distinct , the one philosophical and the other " scientific . " The first topic is used to suggest that we respond to music because we " recollect " the ...
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... topic , and it is the point , for example , of the legend of St. Cecilia ; at her wedding , while the instruments sounded , she sang internally to God alone ( cantantibus organis illa in corde suo soli Domino decantabat ) . Close to ...
... topic , and it is the point , for example , of the legend of St. Cecilia ; at her wedding , while the instruments sounded , she sang internally to God alone ( cantantibus organis illa in corde suo soli Domino decantabat ) . Close to ...
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... topic " music in the worship of the gods " ; and compare Macrobius on hymns , above . He then alludes to the penetration of music : " With sweetest touches pierce your mistress ' ear " ; and penetration is a topic that in the atmosphere ...
... topic " music in the worship of the gods " ; and compare Macrobius on hymns , above . He then alludes to the penetration of music : " With sweetest touches pierce your mistress ' ear " ; and penetration is a topic that in the atmosphere ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Some English Poems in Praise of Music | 17 |
The First Idyl of Moschus in Imitations to the | 74 |
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